The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-01

closely, and it may be that Americas will
have little mobbing bee similar 10 the one
| that occurred in Madison recently If such
be the case.
Frank Lindsey, Harry Baker and Bruce
| Mcbride had a close cal from being struck
by lightning near TallapooSa last Sunday
night while returning from visit TO the
country. When near Rev j. G.. Jackson s
| residence sharp peal of thunder accompa-
MED by binding fash of lightning shocked
them all considerably, and so frightened
their horses that they became unnaDage-
able Fortunately they all escaped without
serious injury-though one of the buggies
| was turned over and badly smashed. A
large gold ring was knocked from Mr..
| Lindsey's finger, which was found at the
| spot next morning.
On Thursday night last the water washed
| away the bridge across BARRIERS Creek, at
| the paper mill, at Athens. This was new
| bridge, having been constructed by Mr.
| Watson something over year ago. 1t Is
| ore Of the cheapest bridges, being built
| across the pond above the dam, and but a
| short distance above the water. Ii was not
| covered. 1t belonged to Clarke and Oconee
counties, and was one Of the main crossings
| between Athens and Watsinsville. Ii will
doubtless be replaced at once and this time
a substantial covered bridge above high wa
| ter mark may be built A fiat will doubt
less be run in the meantime The Simonton
bridge can now be used.
A gentleman who lives several miles from
Americas says that he was riding through
| the woods looking up some cattle last
Wednesday, when he heard Kissing and
cracking noise over head. Looking he
| saw what he supposed TO be large ball of
fire passing in q southwesterly direction 1t
struck large oak tree a few rods off with
aloud crash, running down it in the ground,
splitting 1t open from top to bottom. The
tree took fire at the root, slowly kindling,
but burning fiercer as it increased He
went on his way, but returned few hours
after, and the place where the tree stood
was marked only by blackened, smoking
hole, where it had burned down into the
ground,
The following tax digests were received
Friday by the Comptroller General:
TrOup county returns -, $50, g7G, an increase
of Sl4l 500 over 1886; Early county returns
81, l40, 227, an increase of S20,4T over 1886;
Echols county returns 1852, l01, an increase
| OF Sl3,447 over 1886; Rabun county returns
S4Ss, 62i, an increase of $3.50 over 1886;
Talaferro county returns S730,201, an in
crease of SIG, S67 over 1856; Mcintosh coun-
ty returns $7s7, 257 an increase OF SGT ,574
over 1886; Wayne county returns 81 ,O53,2 pa
aydecrease of 81 1852 over 1885: Dodge coun-
ty returns 81, PIP, 40, decrease of S31 $3.50
over 1886; Union county returns S573, 2T9,
decrease of s., 5jS over 1886; Lee county
returns S941 ,906, a decrease Of $40, lbs over
1876; Quitman county returns SOS, l6S, a
decrease of s31 ,G92 over 1886; Houston coun-
ty returns S2,5l7, 423, a decrease Of S163, $50
over 1886
About month ago there appeared a
lengthy statement by jeff w. Austin, of
some Western State, probably Kansas or
Arkansas. He said that his wife had been
left n snare amounting to $500 in an estate
in Monroe county which he had vainly en-
| deavored TO get out of the hands of the law
ycrs by letters and finally by personal solic-
itation. Friday night Mr.. Austin was car
ried out of the up night passenger at Griffin
apparently in great pain and put on a bench
| i'll the waiting room of the station,
accompanied by his three little boys. He
says that he went back to Forsyth, was
| beaten over the head in the court house on
| Thursday night, and Friday night between
5 and O'Clock he was set upon by mob of
six or eight men, part of whom held him
while others whipped him with palings and
| pieces of harness, and Que man stamped
| upon his breast. They put him ON the
| Erifiin train, although he wanted to go to
| ap tor He bought tickets at Griffin to
| " kept IL went down on the S:2S train.
ke for thin the infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
cause -. Gaskins, of the Tenth district of
| ~ is fs'ounty, died on July IL from a sore
pa ne finder part of its left knee. Mrs
trasSins discovered what she supposed to be
the bite of red bug on the under part of
| the child's knee five and half weeks before
| it died, and in day or SO after the first dis
| coyery the place became raw and hard for
nearly an inch in length and about a quarter
| of an inch in width. At that time
| the flesh began to crack and disappear
until the large sinews were plainly
| visible. Hundreds Of people, including DR.
| Carter, saw the child, and none of them
had ever witnessed anything like its Attic
ton. Tho sore Continued TO eat the flesh
away until it reached half way around the
knee, when tho chlld passed quietly from
| earth to heaven. There was but little in
| tlammaton and the sore had not eaten to
| any vital part. The attending physician
| did not pronounce it cancer, nor was il SO
pronounced by those who had seen numbers
of cases of that dread disease
Bronwood Reporter: The Reporter has
been told quite an interesting story Of very
romantic woman who has proved a terror
in neighboring burg. She was informed
| by friend that certain young man in the
| community desired very much to wear the
matrimonial yoke. She sits down and pens
| this young man a sweet-scented, sentimental
note, closing it in this manner: II think
you would make good husband, and
| know | would make a good wife I"
| And the cowardly wretch spurned
this holy love and refused to let the loving
soul have the contract of supporting
him. With the old adage, IF at first you
don't succeed try, try again." fresh in her
mind she pens another note, this time to a
married lady, asking her to get her husband
to hold counselryith another certain young
mad and that her redeeming qualities be
| presented in a manner both striking and i'm
| presSive. This was done, but instead of the
| young man flying to her outstretched arms
shedding tears of joy in such quantities as
TO make dough of the -four on her face, he
quietly packed his earthly possessions in a
valise and more quietly left for the Land of
Flowers.